Acne and acne care. A trend survey

Emerson, G. W.

doi:10.1001/archderm.105.3.407

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“…In one study (1), 60% of patients noticed an improvement, 20% an aggravation, and the other 20% did not notice any change in acne in summer. In other studies (2, 3) either no change was observed or an improvement in summer was observed (3).…”

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Seasonal Variation in Acne Vulgaris—Myth or Reality

Sardana

Sharma

Sarkar

2002

The Journal of Dermatology

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A traditional opinion proposed by Western dermatologists is that acne improves in summer and worsens in winter. We studied 452 patiens with acne vulgaris and asked them about seasonal variation in their acne. A total of 229 patients (50.67%) complained of a seasonal variation; a significant proportion (56.33%) noticed an aggravation in summer, while 16.16% improved in summer and only 11.35% worsened in winter. Apparently winters did not affect the severity of acne in a majority of patients (64.20%). Significantly, a majority (80.62%) of patients noticed a summer aggravation due to sweating and increased humidity. Thus our study is at variance with the existing literature, with summer aggravation being the predominant complaint. We would like to propose that the increased temperature, marked humidity, and sweating might explain the results seen in our region.

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Seasonal Variation in Acne Vulgaris—Myth or Reality

Sardana

Sharma

Sarkar

2002

The Journal of Dermatology

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“…12,13 Although several studies have reported the use of acne treatments among teenagers in the community, this has not been studied in detail. 5,7,[14][15][16][17]…”

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Acne is prevalent but use of its treatments is infrequent among adolescents from the general population

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Rombouts

Lambert

2006

Acad Dermatol Venereol

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“…Acne is a problem that affects 85% of all teenagers to varying degrees [1]. The etiology of acne is unknown; however, sebaceous glands and sebum production are felt to play a contributing role [2].…”

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confidence: 99%